Overview

• Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami won verbal backing for ₹400 crore for the 2026 Nanda Raj Jat Yatra and ₹3,500 crore for the 2027 Haridwar Mahakumbh alongside plans for Ganga corridor upgrades and rail-link extensions.
• Himachal CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu secured support to raise the state’s borrowing limit and urged a 30 percent hike in relief norms after reporting around ₹1,000 crore in monsoon damage, with a central team slated to study recent cloudbursts.
• Sukhu obtained commitments for daily Delhi–Shimla–Dharamshala flights, night landing facilities at Dharamshala airport and construction of four new heliports to enhance tourism and emergency response.
• Both leaders pressed the Centre to fast-track repair and reconstruction of flood-hit roads under PM Gati Shakti, include strategic routes in tunnelling and ropeway projects, and approve power system modernisation and hydropower schemes.
• Formal clearances and disbursement of funds across finance, civil aviation, road transport and home affairs ministries remain pending as detailed project approvals are finalised.